Latest regional news
28/May/2009
Argentina will host the "I World Fair on Municipalities and Health: Rights, Citizenship and Integrated Local Management for Development", which takes place during days 18 to August 21 at Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires.
Authorities and experts from many countries will attend the meeting organized by the Ministry of Health of Argentina, supported by the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization (PAHO / WHO). The said activity aims to present strategies for governments,...
19/May/2009
On days 11,12 and 13 May this year, was held in Panama the 3rd Technical Meeting of Programming course "Diploma in Health and Local Development."
This course is the convergence of several initiatives from PAHO: Project Human Resources for Health Development, in particular, the training initiative and the technical health of the Virtual Campus of Public Health (VCPH) Project Social Determinants and the Millennium Development Goals Initiative Faces, Voices and Places initiative and the health and...
26/Apr/2009
In the meeting chaired by Dr. Armando Luna Escalante, Secretary of Health of the State of Michoacan in Mexico, Dr. Manuel Vázquez Valdés, Director General of Health Services Management of CNPSS, Dr. Rafael Tinajero, director of the REPSS Michoacán and other personalities of these entities and the health services of the country, was formed the Node of the State of Michoacan, as being the first virtual training experience decentralized Mexico.
Actively participating in this initiative, the...
23/Apr/2009
During the 21 to April 23, was held in Bogota, Colombia, the training workshop to tutors in preparation for the Virtual Course of Essential Public Health Functions, scheduled to start next May 18. This course will last for 180 hours and has been constructed from the results of the first experiment conducted in English with the World Bank Institute and PAHO.
This new proposal has involved the collaboration of international experts convened by PAHO around VCPH node of Colombia, including the...
22/Apr/2009
On April 16 began the Virtual Course: "Fundamentals of social determinants of health." This course aims to contribute to the education of teachers of Public Health in the new approach to social determinants of health that allows reorient their teaching practice.
The opening words were made by Dr. Charles Godue, Coordinator of Human Resources for Health, Dr. Peter E. Brito, Manager, Health Systems and Services and Dr. Luis Galvao as a special guest.
This course will last 96 hours, with 9...
12/Apr/2009
With the aim of developing leadership and management capabilities of the Essencial Functions of the Public Health (EFPH) to help strengthen national health systems and improving the health conditions of the population, will run from May 18 to November 18, 2009, the virtual course essential public health functions.
During the 25 to March 28, was held in the Universidad de la Sabana in Bogota, Colombia, the Workshop Preparation Course, with the aim of clarifying their final design, the...
24/Mar/2009
On March 23 last began the Program in International Health Leaders 2009, starting this year will bear the name of Dr. Edmundo Granda Ugalde, great academic leader in health and health equity in his native country of Ecuador and throughout the Region.
In words very moving the Program was initiated by Dr. Charles Godue, Coordinator of Human Resources for Health, and Dr. Peter E. Brito, Manager, Health Systems and Services. Were also from Ecuador to the presence of Mrs. Clarita Merchán, widow of...
24/Mar/2009
On March 4, 2009, took place at the National Institute of Public Health in Cuernavaca, the first reunion of the Steering Committee of Node Mexico.
The objectives of this reunion were to organize work for the year 2009 and search criteria to enable greater functionality Node Mexico.
Minuta - Director Committee of the Node Mexico
23/Mar/2009
In recent days the link was posted to the Portal Node Mexico.
This new image of Mexico portal is the result of hard work and dedication of Node mexico to provide their users with new tools that allow better interaction across the network while maintaining the active participation of all of them on campus.
20/Mar/2009
On March 19, 2009 began the second version of the Course Tutor for Learning Network. This course has a duration of approximately 12 weeks and it is estimated that the participants have a commitment from an average of six hours a week in flexible schedules and distributed according to their means.
The course began with 61 students from 15 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay. It also has the...